C. J. Dennis "The Play" - "Romeo and Juliet" Australian style Poem animation Australian

Heres a virtual movie of Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as CJ Dennis, (7 September 1876 - 22 June 1938) an Australian poet famous for his humorous poems, especially "The Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century reading his lighthearted poem "The Play" which takes a uniquely Australian perpective on "Romeo and Juliet". CJ Dennis was born in Auburn, South Australia. His father owned a hotel in Laura, and his mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie (as he was known) was raised initially by his great-aunts, then went away to school, Christian Brothers College, Adelaide as a teenager. At the age of 19 he was employed as a solicitor's clerk. It was while he was working in this job that, like banker's clerk Banjo Paterson before him, his first poem was published. He later went on to publish in The Bulletin, as Paterson and Henry Lawson had also done. The three are often considered Australia's three most famous poets; though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1916 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke and numerous spin-offs published subsequently related the everyday adventures of the title character Bill, his girl Doreen, his friend Ginger Mick, and other characters. The poems are written in dialect, and present the Sentimental Bloke as a typical larrikin..

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Jim Clark
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[woodchuckmool]

beautiful!!